Locke took the complete event records compiled by the Elk Witch from her, and lion and the other three Second-Ring Wizards gathered around curiously to look them over. Locke did not stop them.
The five of them learned that when Wizard Probus was young, he had been a lecturing mage at Spade Garden in Golden Crown Mountain. He had secured a position at the academy only because, while at an intermediate academy, he had published three consecutive Q1 Journal papers on Cloud Marsh Wetland and had fortunately encountered the talent program of that era.
At the time, he had also caught the eye of a Formal Wizard mentor from the Black Dragon Throne Academic Lineage. Thus, relying on this connection, he had established himself in Golden Crown Mountain.
However, according to the records, in his second year teaching at Golden Crown Mountain, Wizard Probus had clashed with this Wizard mentor. The conflict had arisen because he deceived the mentor. He had clearly not sent the First-Ring application to the White Wizard Association's Fund Department, yet he told the Formal Wizard mentor that he had already sent it.
This had caused serious problems.
He had almost been dismissed by Golden Crown Mountain that very year.
The Second-Ring Wizard had concluded that Probus had serious integrity issues. In order to remain in Golden Crown Mountain, Probus had constantly evaded the fact that he had not written the application, fabricating lies to tell the Second-Ring Wizard that he was already certain of success. After the truth came to light, he had even leveraged connections from another Academic Lineage to carry out an Academic Lineage transfer, causing him to be reprimanded by Mordan of the Black Dragon Throne, who had been a Third-Ring Wizard at the time.
After lion finished reading, he felt a